Twins Beat Blue Jays 7-2, Hughes Gets Win

Summary of 5 articles · Updated Jun 12, 2014

Kendrys Morales had three hits, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Blue Jays, 7-2, on Wednesday, giving Phil Hughes his first win at Toronto in almost three years. Phil Hughes threw seven scoreless innings, and Kendrys Morales added three hits and three RBI… (more)s to carry the Twins to a 7-2 win over the Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon at Rogers Centre. Hughes has a 2.27 ERA with 55 strikeouts and three walks over 67 1/3 innings in his last 10 starts, and improved to 7-2 with a 3.17 ERA on the year. Back-to-back singles by Jose Reyes and Melky Cabrera gave the Blue Jays runners at the corners with nobody out in the sixth, but Hughes didn't buckle. Also worth fawning over was starting pitcher Phil Hughes. Morales broke the game open with a three-run double in the seventh off reliever Bobby Korecky with one out, his first RBIs with the Twins. The Royals, who have won four straight, are only the second team to score four runs all on sacrifice flies since the sacrifice fly became an official statistic, in 1954. View gallery.

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Your browser does not support iframes. Whatever Kendrys Morales did to stay in shape and keep focused during his downtime seems to have worked brilliantly. The 30-year-old slugger, who only signed with the Minnesota Twins on Saturday, skipped a minor le…